Level.



No. 839,662. PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906. E. H. SMITH.

LEVEL.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN.24. 190s.

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oiilior V strunurn V I lgurs l uni-slit enlood H is s op plan View in ion, on in on- 7 line 3 3 of .liig 1. innings tin: numeral 1 1 the stoclz. e in ion-- sections, and ont faces of are Glii-l\\i portions wliicli lb 1n 'i'oowsss l", lIllG sections being; scoured together by any v-xoll linonn means. The seo'ions stool; when secin'od ifigillfl provided -'lj scent i longiiodinzl center and near one and with oirculas (moi iigs, which oonstitnis ollsn ers 2, which nave their opposite sides olossby moons 01' glass ollu" t1 n-spsi'ontins. Y'a l 3, said material retained in place o nioisl ri s l, which are in turn secured to tl slocl' b1. screws Centrally (llSPUSGCl Within the s sn'iber '2 and secured in the recess 1 is a pair of op- Posed segnienlnl protmclor-plaies 6, each saying on its opposiis faces relatively con respondin b dilutions '1', \VllllC oen'i'ally dis osed iieiwson the pistes G and extended in ine Willi the longitudinal is of the stock is :1 pair of spaced bearing members or bars 8, liming centrally pivoted tliersbotwoen a hand or pointer 9, provid lido oi iis pivot Willi a weight 10, adapts-:1 holding the member at all LlIIlES in true vertical posh fipeclfication ofLetters ?usent.

Patent-ed. Dec. .25 1906.

Serial No. 2973 53.

liming each of its ends bifurcated, Lo straddle the adjacentprotmotor 'zunl to ioniio with the graduations on l/3 sides thereof for indicating ills level instrument. ls is to be especially in il conneotion that owing to the bi-actors provision is made for a double reading of the inlruniem and, furllior, that owing to the ends of 11C pointer losing bifurcated to stmldis L lla rotmotorslibs lattsr not .50 the pointer in. is movements nl l1 in 1" ens is at the sine time sal plied to be conveniently read ii'oni either si 0.

The stock l is provided adjacent one end v. h on o iing or chamber 2, having therein gi'sdimtocl protractor-plates 6 and iii IJii-if of l) l-fll1lilg-ljill$ between which pivoted. a hsnrl 01' pointer 9, provided with a woi lil 10 and having bifurcated ends to s'mimlls the lion and, as mi 11,

no'lon pointer cooperating with both '91 the Don .:.:g;-lisrs 8 are extended transversely of tin: stock and that the pointer is iLClii ted otl ol' portion of a structure.

compass adapting the instrument for setting the wall or foundation in the desired direction, there being drawn longitudinally of said erigo of the stock a line 13, arranged in. slinemom Willi the north. and soul-ll poles of the Qoinpa-ssf In using the inslmnnen the member 9 at the center of the stock serves to indicate the true level. of a wall or founclstion, while tbs mom her 9 which is mounted scent one and be obsolvm; that because of the pointer being bifurcated at each end to smuldle the adjacent protraotors a steady movement of the pointer is insured, as heretofore explained.

From the foregoing it is apparent that, I produce a simple device admirably adapted l 1'01" the st'taimnont of the ends in View, it beuides pi'oiimotoz, the part-s being all identical in COElSiJ'IlGilOD and UPBRLUOIL with the corresponding pin-Ls shove ClQSCllbG-(l. except that Countersunk in one. edge of the sock 1 is sof tho stock is brought into plans for delay for use in asusrluining she plumb of a Wu l or A level comprising a stock made in secing understood that in attaining these ends E minor changes in the details herein set forth may be resorted to without departing from g the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, whet '1 claim is- Liens with recesses on their inner longitudi nalfeces, an opening in the stock, graduated i segmental plates centrally arranged within the opening and seeuredin the recesses and 5 having their-ends spaced apart, a plurality of bearingbars arranged at suitable distences apart and extending across the openseeeee ELME R He SMITH.

Witnesses W. H. PHILLIPPE, S. B. FORD.

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